NORTHWEST LABORERS-EMPLOYERS v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. C97-849WD.

58 F.Supp.2d 1211 (1999)

The NORTHWEST LABORERS-EMPLOYERS HEALTH & SECURITY TRUST FUND and its Trustees, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

July 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Thomas Watkins, George Kargianis, Kargianis Watkins Marler, LLP, PS, Seattle, WA, Lembhard Goldstone Howell, Seattle, WA, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman, P.S., Seattle, WA, John Mcn Broaddus, Robert J Connerton, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC, Paul L. Stritmatter, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey, Seattle, WA, William Dale Marler, Marler Clark, L.L.P., P.S., Seattle, WA, for Northwest Laborers-Employers Health & Security Trust, Carpenters Health & Security Trust of Western Washington, plaintiffs.

George Kargianis, Kargianis Watkins Marler, LLP, PS, Seattle, WA, Lembhard Goldstone Howell, Seattle, WA, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman, P.S., Seattle, WA, Paul L. Stritmatter, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey, Seattle, WA, for Washington-Idaho Carpenters Employers Health and Welfare Trust, Washington-Idaho Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Trust Fund, plaintiffs.

John Wentworth Phillips, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, WA, Bradley E Lerman, Kevin J Narko, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris Inc, defendant.

Bradley S. Keller, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, David B Alden, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Robert H Klonoff, Robert F McDermott, Jr, Geoffrey Beach, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Rachel M Capoccia, Glenn D Pomerantz, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, Peter J Busch, H Joseph Escher, III, Celia Van Gorder, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, CA, for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co, defendant.

Richard J. Wallis, Bogle & Gates PLLC, Seattle, WA, John Arthur Tondini, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, Todd A Gale, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey S Davidson, Tony L Richardson, Christopher RJ Pace, Sydne Squire Michel, Dean M Fink, Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, CA, Paul B Taylor, Kenneth N Bass, Jennifer G Gardner, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Kelly P. Corr, Corr Cronin, Seattle, WA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp, defendant.

Gerald E Hawxhurst, Andrew T Frankel, Mark G Cunha, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, Stephen Murray Todd, Todd & Wakefield, Seattle, WA, for Bat Industries PLC, defendant.

Reed Philip Schifferman, Douglas Edward Smith, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, Seattle, WA, Carl L Rowley, Thompson Coburn, St Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co Inc, defendant.

Richard J. Wallis, Bogle & Gates PLLC, Seattle, WA, John Arthur Tondini, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, Jeffrey S Davidson, Tony L Richardson, Christopher RJ Pace, Sydne Squire Michel, Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, CA, Paul B Taylor, Kenneth N Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Kelly P. Corr, Corr Cronin, Seattle, WA, for American Tobacco Co. Inc, defendant.

Bruce Andrew McDermott, John J Lapham, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Seattle WA, for United States Tobacco Co, defendant.

James Richard Murray, Franklin Dennis Cordell, Gordon Murray Tilden, Seattle, WA, Patrick S Davies, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Tobacco Institute, defendant.

James H Jordan, Jr, Miller Nash Wiener Hager & Carlsen, Seattle, WA, for Council for Tobacco Research USA Inc, defendant.

David Michael Jacobi, John D. Wilson, Jr., Wilson, Smith, Cochran & Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for Smokeless Tobacco Council Inc, defendant.

Thomas J. Brewer, Wickwire, Greene, Crosby, Brewer & Seward, Seattle, WA, Andrew Herz, Bruce Ginsberg, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton Inc, defendant.

Thomas R Merrick, Bullivant Houser Bailey, Seattle, WA, Lynne E Mallya, John Nyhan, Jay R Henneberry, Susan St Denis, James FB Sawyer, Chadbourne & Parke, Los Angeles, CA, for British American Tobacco Company Ltd, defendant.

John G. Bergmann, Helsell Fetterman LLP, Seattle, WA, for Liggett & Myers Inc, defendant.

Earle Jennings Hereford, Jr., Seattle, WA, for Interested Attorney, interested party.


ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS AND PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION

DWYER, District Judge.

The plaintiffs and class members in this case are collectively bargained-for-health and welfare trusts in Washington, and their trustees. In their second amended complaint the plaintiffs allege a conspiracy by defendants to deceive and defraud the public and health care providers and payors such as themselves by misrepresenting the addictiveness...

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